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US job growth at 15-year high; unemployment dips to 5.6%
10 Jan 2015 5:44 AM IST“The unemployment rate declined by 0.2 percentage point to 5.6 per cent in December, and the number of unemployed persons declined by 383,000 to 8.7...
USA continues to rave & rant at New Delhi
3 Aug 2014 3:37 AM ISTIn a statement, the US has regretted that "India and handful of (WTO) Members" decided not to adhere to their commitment to implement the TFA...
US economy suffers 5-year high quarterly contraction of 2.9%
27 Jun 2014 4:33 AM ISTThe American economy contracted at an annual rate of 2.9 per cent in the first quarter of this year, the sharpest drop experienced by the US in the...
US exempts India, China from Iran oil sanctions
2 Dec 2013 4:59 AM IST‘I am pleased to announce that, based on additional significant reductions in the volume of their purchases of Iranian crude oil, these countries have...
Obama extends rarest of rare gesture to Singh
30 Sept 2013 4:09 AM IST<span lang="EN">In a rarest of the rare gesture, US President Barack Obama personally walked down to the White House portico to see off Prime...
Anna to ring bell at NASDAQ, to lead ID parade in New York
14 Aug 2013 5:33 AM ISTIndian Americans here are preparing to throw a red-carpet welcome to anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, during his two-week visit to the US, a kind...
US Senate panel passes immigration bill... with killer H-1B norms
23 May 2013 4:51 PM ISTThe 'killer provision' of ban on client site placement for H-1B workers, which may prove to be detrimental to the interests of major Indian IT...
US-India Business Council to campaign against ‘killer’ immigration bill
10 May 2013 5:52 AM ISTThe US India Business Council (USIBC) is planning to launch a major campaign, on a scale witnessed during the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, against...
US Senators float bill to log out ‘ally’ India’s IT industry
9 May 2013 6:00 AM ISTA bipartisan group of eight US Senators, known as the gang of eight, has come out with eight killer provisions in its comprehensive immigration reform...
‘H-1B’ Indian techies create many more US jobs than they snatch
4 May 2013 6:14 AM ISTChallenging the assertion of several American lawmakers that H-1B visas grabbed by Indian IT professionals eat into their employment market, a new...
2 Indo-American ‘champions of change’ to be honoured
1 May 2013 6:22 AM ISTMarking the community’s heritage month this May, the White House has announced to honour 15 Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women including...
FBI drops charges against ricin case suspect
25 April 2013 6:18 AM ISTIn a surprise move, the FBI has dropped charges against a man accused of sending a ricin-laced letter to US President Barack Obama and a Senator,...